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How Using Virtual Reality Helps to Make Real-World Roads Safer
Making changes to roadways can be a controversial issue. Seemingly a simple matter, adding a traffic light or changing a traffic pattern can raise many questions in the impacted community.
So when the North Jersey Transit Planning Authority (NJTPA) recommended replacing a few traffic lights and stop signs with roundabouts, they wanted to be prepared for the questions that would come.
Using Data Analytics to Track and Treat Drug Abuse
The underground culture of hardcore drug abuse is dynamic and evolves rapidly. Street names for drugs, hot spots where users go for their fix, and new, dangerous strains laced with different substances change frequently and regularly.
For nonprofits aiming to help users overcome their addiction, getting real-time, actionable information on this fast-changing landscape can be difficult.
Securing the Software Supply Chain, One Step at a Time
Ensuring the security of the software is of paramount importance to any company, and more so for the companies who develop and supply the software. With opportunities for an infection of malware at each step of the software supply chain, securing the chain has become a key concern in a world controlled by interacting software systems.
NJIT to Establish New Institute for Data Science
Continuing its mission to lead in computing technologies, NJIT announced today that it will establish a new Institute for Data Science, focusing on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and development in all areas pertinent to digital data. The institute will bring existing research centers in big data, medical informatics and cybersecurity together with new research centers in data analytics and artificial intelligence, cutting across all NJIT colleges and schools, and conduct both basic and applied research.
NJIT Plays Integral Role in 1st Annual ExploreNJ Conference for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
The focus of the event was why New Jersey is the best place for entrepreneurs and businesses in the U.S., as well for foreign firms seeking to enter the U.S. market, to invest in and grow their businesses. And the interest in doing so was indeed high, with upward of 150 people from over 40 industries — from accounting and architecture, to insurance and investment, to manufacturing and marketing and more — attending the inaugural ExploreNJ conference.
NJIT Students Part of Elite CyberCorps Program
NJIT graduate Theresa Wagner knew she wanted to work for the federal government.
After switching her major a few times while at NJIT, she found her path as an undergraduate student studying information technology. It was while studying IT that she learned of a program that would help her finish her undergraduate degree, pick up a master’s degree and land her first job out of college at the U.S. Department of State.
Hearst Magazines Partners with NJIT for Data Science and Analytics Training
Media giant Hearst Magazines is the latest company to partner with the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) to train its employees in the fast-growing area of data science.
Called “Hearst Data University” by the company, Hearst employees are taking part in on-site training led by NJIT professors.
The courses are designed specifically for Hearst Magazines to help employees glean insights from Hearst’s proprietary information to develop a deeper connection with its audience and customers.
Unprecedented Success for NJIT Students in National Scholarship and Fellowship Competitions
Whether they’ll be soaking up cultures abroad in the coming year or advancing research in science, health care and other fields, all of the NJIT students receiving prominent and highly competitive scholarships and fellowships in 2019 are, in a word, impressive. In fact, two university records were achieved: For the first time, an NJIT student earned the David L.
Senior Success: NJIT Graduates are Heading to Great Jobs, Grad Schools & More
Thousands of NJIT graduates are moving onto bigger and better things. Off to Fortune 500 companies, global engineering firms and premiere law schools, take a look at just a few of our students who are moving on as proud Highlanders.
Senior Success: Jacob Ponulak Will Join IT Program at Merck & Co.
Jacob Ponulak, an Information Technology graduate with a specialization in management of information systems from the Ying Wu College of Computing, will be joining Merck and Co. in its IT rotational development program.